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Former Iraqi War general David Petraeus is pleading guilty to mishandling classified information, apparently avoiding an embarrassing trial that would have included his affair with Paula Broadwell, according to documents filed in Charlotte on Tuesday.

On the morning after Charlotte City Council’s close vote to defeat a proposed nondiscrimination ordinance, grateful opponents and disappointed supporters both said their focus has now shifted to the future.

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The deal resolves a complaint filed by a customer who had requested the bank use only email to communicate with her during a mortgage modification process, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights said.